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Last week we had a very special Guest Speaker in. Inaki Hernandes-Lasa. Inaki is a well-known Architectural photographer. Spanish by birth he has been living in Ireland for nearly 20 years now, originally in Dublin and for the last 10 years in Limerick. He is currently a member of Limerick Camera Club and was at one time a member of the Cork Camera Group. He is a multi-award winning photographer and while his family background is steeped in Architecture he himself is a linguist but his photographic interests reflect his own background and upbringing. He is the holder of a Fellowship from the IPF (2012) after which he took a break from photography for 4 years before pursuing a Fellowship from the RPS with a totally different panel and which he was recently awarded. Uniquely for us in Blarney he was able to present both his “F” panels in what was a stunning presentation interspersed with a unique insight into what drives him as a photographer. His earlier IPF panel was architectural and featured lots of blues and yellows and while not mono, as many Architectural panels are, was very much in the tradition of the genre. Inaki calls his treatment ‘Genius Loci’ the Roman religious  term for the protective spirit of a place.
His latest panel, however in which all the images were captured in the Guggenheim Museum in his native Bilbao, was a stunning piece of fine art photography and well worthy of the award. Inaki’s explanation of its origins and how he composed it made for a riveting presentation.  The large attendance showed their appreciation at its conclusion with loud and sustained applause.

Last week we celebrated the rather unexpected success of our 3rd place finish at the IPF National Shield in Kilkenny. The slide show attached has some great images from the day and after at the club night celebrating a great result.
On the following club night we had  a most entertaining presentation from the winning contributors and they were formally presented with their prints behalf of the Club. Well done to all the members who had printed selected and to the selectors especially Select Chair Seamus who put a lot of work into getting the club to this brilliant new high. All pix by Henry O’Brien.

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Fota Wildlife Park opens its first photography exhibition at Cork Airport featuring the winners and runners up from their summer photography competition

• Best photograph by a camera club photographer- Winner – Henry O’Brien from Blackrock, Cork of Blarney Camera Club
Runner Up – Heather Rice of Mountrath, Co. Laois, of Mountrath and District Camera Club

• Best photograph by a professional photographer – Winner – Claudio Amazio of Cork City
Runner Up – Pawel Curylo from Cobh, Co. Cork

• Best photograph by a non-club/non-professional photographer-  Winner – Chris Martin of Douglas, Cork – Runner Up – Michael Allshire from Coachford, Co. Cork

• Best photograph using a smartphone/tablet- Winner – Carol Daly from Cloyne, Co. Cork Runner Up – Joy Burniston from Glengarriff, Co. Cork

• Best photograph by an Under 16-  Winner – Aurora Clancy-Stokes aged 10 from Oola, Co. Limerick – Runner Up – Kinga Koscielniak aged 9 from Carrigtwohill, Co Cork

• Best photograph by an International visitor- Winner – Robin Williams from Missouri, USA  – Runner Up – Thomas Carter from London, UK

The photography exhibition is open to the public during the month of October at Cork Airport landside terminal building (opposite Bank of Ireland). The 2020 pictorial calendar will be available from Fota Wildlife Park mid-October.

We had a fantastic “Open Night” on Thursday 19th with lots of visitors viewing the work of the members and adding some new names to the club. Here are a few shots taken by the in house reportage photographer Henry O’Brien…just a taste of the atmosphere. Thanks to all the members who showed up and contributed with work for display, and especially Eileen who wowed all with the club’s coffee house experience!

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As Blarney’s first ever Licentiate, Fergal presented his Associateship panel for assessment in Mullingar on Saturday May 11th and there was sustained applause from the audience when the panel was declared successful and this turned out to be the start of a very successful weekend for Blarney Photography Club. 

The panel is a fabulous and unique body of work that documents the sport of road bowling and is something that Fergal should be forever proud.

Fergal’s successful panel and the stories behind the images and preparation of the panel will no doubt be part of a great night photographic discourse. Well done Fergal.